Bacterium lassoes its way from the mouth to the heart to cause disease
A scanning electron microscope image of Group A Streptococcus (orange) during phagocytic interaction with a human neutrophil (blue). Credit: NIAID
The human mouth can harbour...
Physicists address loophole in tests of Bell’s inequality, using 600-year-old starlight
Physicists from MIT, the University of Vienna, and elsewhere have presented a strong demonstration of quantum entanglement even when vulnerability to the freedom-of-choice loophole...
Computational methods applied to big datasets are compelling tools for historical linguistics
Algorithms search huge datasets in order to determine the relationship among the languages spoken today. Even the comparison of individual words may give us...
Mobile phone and satellite data to map poverty
Bangladesh poverty maps showing national estimates for wealth index (A), progress out of poverty index (B), and household income (C). Maps were generated using...
More order with less judgement: An optimal theory of the evolution of cooperation
The study of Tatsuya Sasaki suggests that the practice of avoiding moral assessments can be the best policy when assessing those who refuse to...
Scientists develop ‘lab on a chip’ that costs 1 cent to make
Rahim Esfandyarpour helped to develop a way to create a diagnostic "lab on a chip" for just a penny.Credit: Zahra Koochak
Researchers at the Stanford...
Myopia cell discovered in retina: Dysfunction of cell may be linked to amount of...
Scientists have discovered a cell in the retina that may cause myopia when it dysfunctions.The dysfunction may be linked to the amount of time...
Mysterious white dwarf pulsar discovered
Credit: University of Warwick
An exotic binary star system 380 light-years away has been identified as an elusive white dwarf pulsar – the first of...
Researchers use tiny 3-D spheres to combat tuberculosis
3-D spheres infected with TB. Credit: University of Southampton
Researchers at the University of Southampton have developed a new 3D system to study human infection...
Eating grapes can help prevent Alzheimer’s and boost memory
Consuming grapes twice a day for six months protected against significant metabolic decline in Alzheimer-related areas of the brain in a study of people...
Scientists discover new helium chemistry
Crystal structure of Na2He, resembling a three-dimensional checkerboard. The purple spheres represent sodium atoms, which are inside the green cubes that represent helium atoms....
